Puzzle.



J. J. QUINN.

, PUZZLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.7,1913.

1,094,866. Patented Apr. 28, 1.914.

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JAMES J. QUINN, OF CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO WILLIAM S. SYKES, OF CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

PUZZLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 7, 1913.

Patented Apr. 2%, 1914.

Serial No. 759,513.

To (1/1 whom it may concern 3e it known that I, .Iairns J. QUINN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chester. in the county of Delaware and State of .?eunsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Puzxles, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in puzzles, and is designed to provide a source of amusement and entertainment.

The object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character which is comparatively cheap in first cost, is simple in construction, but requires knack or skill in accomplishing the trick of solving the puzzle. The device is particularly adapted for use as an advertisement or advertising medium, and in this connection is used for the purpose of printing or otherwise displaying advertising matter on the parts of the device.

The invention consists primarily in a loop or ring having attached thereto a. handle, and an article, such as a minature bottle, loosely retained on the loop; and the puzzle consists in standing the bottle on its head. using the handle to do so, and then passing the top of the loop over the bottle, without upsetting the latter.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles of my invention, which has proven highly satisfactory in actual use.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view showing the miniature bottle loosely suspended from the ring or loop, and in dotted lines showing that the dimensions of the parts are such as to permit the loop or ring to swing over the bottle when it is standing on its head. Fig. 2 is an edge view of Fig. 1 as seen from the left. Fig. 3 is a perspective view, showing the bottle standing on its head with the loop or ring passing over the upturned bottom end.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention the loop or ring 1 has its ends :2 secured in the end of the handle 3. The bottle t is loosely retained on the ring 1 and is formed with a neck 5 and head 6, the latter being perforated as at 7, and formed with a flat smooth surface 8 on the top of its head. The bottle is slipped over the wire of the loop 1 before the ends 2 are attached or secured within the handle 3, and after once being located on the ring, the bottle is retained thereon and loosely as illustrated.

In the drawings, the scale of parts is somewhat exaggerated, although the proportion of the parts is retained. I find that a suitable and acceptable size, for the device is provided by using a ring approximately 1 1/16 in diameter and preferably of 1/32 steel wire. The bottle, which may be of metal or glass, either solid or hollow, approximates 1 3/16 over all; 11/32 diameter through the body; 1 3/32 from bot tom to center of hole or perforation 7 perforation 3/32 diameter, and smooth surface on the flat head about 11/6? in diameter. The handle may be of Wood, glass, metal, fiber or other suitable material and is about 1 1/2x7/32 at its greatest diameter.

It will be understood of course that the above measurements may be varied, and it will also be understood that while I have referred to the article 4 as a bottle this is a matter of convenience. I do not limit myself to this exact term, for I contemplate using other articles or objects, which, when stood upon their relatively narrow base bring the center of gravity of their larger body a distance from said base sufficient to render the equilibrium of the object precarious.

The opening or perforation 7 is of sufficient diameter to permit the loop, when the bottle is standing on its head as in Fig. 3, to be passed or swung over the upturned bottom of the bottle. This action, however, and the prior standing of the bottle on its head, is accomplished only by the display of skill and accompanying perseverance, as when the ring is at the side of the hole next to the top of the bottle the loop will not pass the bottom of the bottle, because the dimension of the bottle from the center of its perforation to the bottom of the bottle is greater than the diameter of the ring. The bottle is free to swing or move on the ring, and the opening 7 permits the bottle to be manipulated, while the hand grasps the handle 3, so that the loop may be tilted laterally from the vertical with the bottle lying across the loop on a chord of less length than the greatest diameter of the loop, with the bottle bottom up. The bottle may now be placed upon a level surface with the level surface 8 in contact therewith, and the bottle in vertical position. Now if that portion of the ring which passes through the opening 7 is freed from contact with the walls of the opening 7 the bottle remains standing on its head, and the upper portion of the loop may be swung backward and forward over the upturned bottom end.

lilaving thus tally described my intention what I claim is 1. A bottle shaped device having a perforation in its head, a loop on which the bottle is suspended, and the dimension of the loop being such as to permit the loop to pass over the upturned bottom of the bottle when the same is standing on its head.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of oot-nee 2. A continuous ring and. a handle, a de vice having a perforation of greater diameter than the cross section of the ring and loosely retained thereon, the dimensimi of the ring being such as to permit the ring to pass over the upturned bottom or the device when standing on its head.

A continuous ring and a handle, and a bottle shaped device, having a perforation ot' greater diameter than the cross section oi. the ring and loosely retained on the ring, the dimension of the bottle from the center of the perforation to its bottom being greater than the diameter of the ring, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JJUWES J. Qlllh ll. l Vitnesses LAURE'ITA Coon, ANNA P. Srnns.

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